HDFS 2200 (Chapter 2)
Family systems theory emphasizes that family systems seek _________, or stable balance and symmetry.
Equilibrium
The __________ perspective focuses on how the family influences and is influenced by the environments that surround it.
Family ecology
Which of the following is NOT a neighborhood risk factor which puts children at greater risk for negative outcomes including violence? -poverty -low adult educational attainment -homogeneous neighborhoods -a higher percentage of female-headed households
Homogeneous neighborhoods
Exchange theory stresses the importance of __________ in family relationships.
How family members use their resources to trade with other family members
Family researchers will often generate a __________, or "educated guess" about the way things are, based on their theoretical orientation.
Hypothesis
The climate, soil, plants, and animals are all part of the __________ environment.
Natural physical-biological
In __________________ the researcher spends extensive time with respondents and carefully records their activities, conversations, gestures, and other aspects of everyday life.
Naturalistic observation
The __________ perspective once argued for the functionality of specialized gender roles.
Structure- functional
The view that the family is an enduring social institution because of the important tasks it performs for society—economic security, emotional support, socialization of children—is the __________ perspective.
Structure- functional
Theoretical perspectives or theories can increase our __________ families and family life.
Understanding of
